Robert Tiley (27 results)

Softcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Why, in the closing decades of the 1700s, one of the bloodiest periods in European history, did sailors from the warring nations of Britain and France come to this far-flung corner of the world in an attempt to chart coastlines in the Pacific, including Australia? Why engage in such a dangerous and potentially unrewarding task when a much greater reward might be had fighting wars and sharing the rewards of glory, promotion and prize money? Mortality on these sea journeys was high. Very few of the French navigators survived their first major expedition to the Pacific, and very few of the British commanded more than one. Only one, William Bligh, ever achieved what could be regarded as comfortable retirement. A great deal has been written about many of these navigators - Bouganville, Cook, Bligh, Bass, Baudin and Flinders - often in weighty volumes. This book does not try to emulate such efforts. Instead it seeks to address the spirit of the era, to examine afresh the personal ambitions of these navigators, the quite often different goals of their political patrons and backers, and the reasons why they did or did not succeed. In portraying their frailty and their tenacity author Robert Tiley has produced a fascinating study of lives as relevant now as they were then. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Boards are very bowed. It appears as though this book was completely soaked at one point. Boards are moderate to severely edgeworn. Heavily shelf worn. Badly faded due to exposure to sunlight. Large crease(s) in the cover. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Card. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 244pp. b/w illustrations.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Color and B&W illustrations (illustrator). First printing (number line). A nice copy with tight binding and square, uncreased spine. No marks. Some cover and corner wear, including a light bump to crown of spine and a crease at the lower edge of the front panel. Pages toned around the edges. Label on back panel.

paperback in good condition, front cover has one 1cm tear on edge; 244 pages, colour and b/w illusts.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. A creased spine with edge rubbings. No store stamp. Stories by : Robert J.Tiley, J.G.Balard, R.A Lafferty, Alex Kirs, A.K. Jorgenssen, Josephine Saxton, Walter F. Moudy, Fritz Leiber, Alexander B. Malec, Bob Kuroaska, Alistair Bevan, Johnny Byrne, Thomas M. Disch, Donald Bartheime, E.C.Tubb,Ron Goulart, Tom Herzog, David Bunch, Peter Redgrove, David Rome, Isac Asimov, Arhtur C. Clarke, Alfred Jarry, Gordon R. Dickson, Brian Aldiss, Robert D. Tschirgi, , John Ciardi, Jorge Luis Borges, Harvey Jacobs, George MacBeth, Gerald Kersh, Roald Dahl, David I. Masson, &Bob Ottum, Jr.

Issue No. 17, Summer 2009. Contains article between P. 62 and 67 with 3 b/w and 4 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.9 x 21.2.

Condition: Good. Kangaroo Press 2002 edition. Light scratches/marks to cover & minor scuffs to edges. Foxing/stains to page edges. Text/images very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. ABC Books, Sydney, 2006. Softcover (16 x 24 cm), xx, 297 pages. ISBN: 0733317014. Very Good condition. Covers bumped, lightly creased at edges & corners. Page edges foxing/soiled. "Almost two hundred years ago a young British sailor carved his ship's name, 'Mermaid', on a Kimberley coast boab tree - it is still there today, probably Australia's oldest living graffiti. It also marked the beginning of an extraordinary period of optimism and adventure in Australia's history. The race to survey and settle Australia's west and northern coastlines was the equivalent of last century's 'space race', as France, Britain and Holland competed commercially for antipodean bases after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. "The Mermaid Tree" is the extraordinary story of the little-known successors to Cook, Bligh, La Perouse, and Flinders, why they did it, what they got out of it and the haphazard global politics they had to endure. King, Freycinet, d'Urville, Wickham, Stokes, Grey, Blackwood, Yule, Kennedy and Stanley are not well known, but all were key to unlocking so much of Australia's development. And it started with 'Mermaid'. Weight (before packaging): 480g.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. AN ILLUMINATING HISTORICAL INSIGHT INTO A NEGLECTED PERIOD OF AUSTRALIAN HISTORY, WHICH BEGAN WITH THE ANGLO-FRENCH RACE TO CHART AUSTRALIA'S COASTLINE. IT WAS THIS COMPETITION WHICH PAVED THE WAY TO OPEN TO DEVELOPMENT AUSTRALIA'S VAST NORTH AND WEST.

Like New 2002 Kangaroo Press First Edition. Large format paperback 9½" x 7ĵ". It has xi + 243 pages. and is very well illustrated with b/w photographs, colour plates and maps. Excellent condition. Like New.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. IN THE MID 1700'S AUSTRALIA WAS A LARGELY FORGOTTEN CURIOSITY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD. THEN CAME THE AUSTRALIAN NAVIGATORS. WITHIN A 40 YEAR SPAN, ONE OF THE BLOODIEST IN EUROPEAN HISTORY, LEGENDARY EXPLORERS INCLUDING D'ENTRECASTEAUX, COOK, MARION, BLIGH, BASS, BAUDIN AND FLINDERS UNDERTOOK THE PERILOUS JOURNEYS OF EXPLORATION TO THE SOUTHERN CONTINENT.DANGEROUS ? YES, OF THE ABOVE LISTED ONLY BLIGH SURVIVED LONG ENOUGH TO RETIRE.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xi, 243 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Explorers - Australia. Australia - Discovery and exploration. 3 Kg.

1st Ed. XI, 244 PP with 29 head pieces, 8 charts and 17 maps, plus 8 pages with 15 b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Repaired tear on the free fly of the front endpaper, signs of old water damage on the lower margin of the verso of front cover and the first 6 and the last 18 pages (not affecting text). Very good copy. 23.5 x 18. De Surville, Du Fresne, Saint Allouarn, Bougainville, Cook, Lapérouse, Bruny d'Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Matthew Flinders.

Soft. Elegant pictorial on card covers clean pages ppxi243 Very good A quirky book with information on butterflies and shells. book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Top foredge is sunned. Interior and binding are still very good. Within 40 years, one of the bloodiest in European history, legendary explorers, including Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, James Cook, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, William Bligh, George Bass, Nicolas Baudin, and Matthew Flinders, undertook the perilous journeys of exploration to the southern continent. In this intriguing book, Robert Tiley examines the roots of this era in war-torn Europe and the complex aims of the backers who supported and promoted these expeditions.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xi, 243 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Explorers - Australia. Australia - Discovery and exploration. 1 Kg.

Softcover. Condition: AS NEW COPY! AUSTRALIANA EXPLORATIONFrance, Britain and Holland competed to create bases on Australia's north west coast in the early 19th century. The explorers and settlers included Phillip Parker King, Freycinet, d'Urville, Wickham, Stokes, Grey, Blackwood, Yule, Kennedy and Stanley. xx, 297 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. Bibliography: p. [275]-279. #010922/060125King, Phillip Parker, 1791-1856 -- Journeys. | Dumont d'Urville, Jules-SeÌbastien-CeÌsar, 1790-1842 -- Journeys. | Mermaid (Ship) | Explorers -- Australia. | Surveyors, Marine -- Australia. | Australia -- History -- 1788-1851. | Australia -- Discovery and exploration. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

1st Ed. XX, 298 PP with 2 tail and 3 head pieces (sketch of HMC Mermaid), 1 chart and 26 maps, and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Bookplate of Prof. Adrian Horridge on inside front cover. Fine. 23.5 x 15.

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Hardback. Condition: New. This book brings together the work of scholars from England, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United States to examine the ways in which industrialized nations have used and are developing tax laws to help alleviate environmental problems. For each country, the contributors offer a thorough review of existing and proposed initiatives and an in-depth evaluation of their effectiveness. They also discuss the theoretical framework behind environmental tax initiatives, explain alternative systems to taxation, reveal problems in dealing with environmental concerns that are common to all of the countries studied, and suggest ways to more efficiently coordinate tax and environmental policies. Based on their research, the contributors conclude that the general tax systems of the United States and other countries unintentionally conflict with environmental policies and that no country has yet been able to adequately control automobile pollution, although some have had varying degrees of success in other areas.The volume begins with an introduction that presents a nontechnical discussion of the current economic thinking on environmental taxes and alternatives such as direct government regulation and granting polluters limited or tradable rights to pollute. The following chapters discuss each country in turn. Each chapter first examines the institutional framework of the country--central versus regional government, how legislation is enacted and executed, the distribution of authority over environmental matters, and important environmental policy goals. Next, the compatability of the tax system with environmental goals is analyzed. Finally, there is a thorough treatment of that country's environmental tax initiatives, including an in-depth assessment of their relative success or failure. Policymakers, lobbyists, economists, and attorneys will find Taxation for Environmental Protection enlightening reading.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 256 pages. 9.75x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Hardback. Condition: New. This book brings together the work of scholars from England, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United States to examine the ways in which industrialized nations have used and are developing tax laws to help alleviate environmental problems. For each country, the contributors offer a thorough review of existing and proposed initiatives and an in-depth evaluation of their effectiveness. They also discuss the theoretical framework behind environmental tax initiatives, explain alternative systems to taxation, reveal problems in dealing with environmental concerns that are common to all of the countries studied, and suggest ways to more efficiently coordinate tax and environmental policies. Based on their research, the contributors conclude that the general tax systems of the United States and other countries unintentionally conflict with environmental policies and that no country has yet been able to adequately control automobile pollution, although some have had varying degrees of success in other areas.The volume begins with an introduction that presents a nontechnical discussion of the current economic thinking on environmental taxes and alternatives such as direct government regulation and granting polluters limited or tradable rights to pollute. The following chapters discuss each country in turn. Each chapter first examines the institutional framework of the country--central versus regional government, how legislation is enacted and executed, the distribution of authority over environmental matters, and important environmental policy goals. Next, the compatability of the tax system with environmental goals is analyzed. Finally, there is a thorough treatment of that country's environmental tax initiatives, including an in-depth assessment of their relative success or failure. Policymakers, lobbyists, economists, and attorneys will find Taxation for Environmental Protection enlightening reading.

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